# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2223 "2019-11-30T12:59:47Z")

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Movies based on a work by Stephen King

1. Cujo
2. Stand By Me
3. Christine
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. The Running Man
6. The Shining
7. Carrie
8. Delores Claiborne

The one where Kathy Bates ISN’T a complete psycho.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2224 "2019-11-30T14:34:53Z")

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Movies based on a work by Stephen King

1. Cujo
2. Stand By Me
3. Christine
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. The Running Man
6. The Shining
7. Carrie
8. Delores Claiborne
9. Misery

The one where Kathy Bates IS a complete psycho

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2225 "2019-11-30T15:35:31Z")

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Movies based on a work by Stephen King

1. Cujo

2. Stand By Me

3. Christine

4. The Shawshank Redemption

5. The Running Man

6. The Shining

7. Carrie

8. Delores Claiborne

9. Misery

10. Secret Window  
Ah-nold

11. Jingle All The Way

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2226 "2019-11-30T16:35:48Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2227 "2019-11-30T17:43:36Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2228 "2019-11-30T18:11:38Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2229 "2019-11-30T18:16:08Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man
5. The Terminator

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2230 "2019-11-30T18:25:13Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man
5. The Terminator
6. Maggie

It’s a serious drama, which is not what you would expect from a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and zombies.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2231 "2019-11-30T18:31:33Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man
5. The Terminator
6. Maggie
7. True Lies

My all-time favorite of his.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2232 "2019-11-30T20:38:59Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man
5. The Terminator
6. Maggie
7. True Lies
8. Batman and Robin

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2233 "2019-11-30T21:30:32Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man
5. The Terminator
6. Maggie
7. True Lies
8. Batman and Robin
9. Pumping Iron

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2234 "2019-11-30T21:54:46Z")

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Ah-nold

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Kindergarten Cop
3. Twins
4. The Running Man
5. The Terminator
6. Maggie
7. True Lies
8. Batman and Robin
9. Pumping Iron
10. Hercules in New York

Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2235 "2019-11-30T22:17:56Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2236 "2019-11-30T22:35:34Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2237 "2019-11-30T23:22:29Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2238 "2019-11-30T23:38:35Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.
5. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” (Caddyshack)

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2239 "2019-11-30T23:47:15Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.
5. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” (Caddyshack)
6. Hey!! It’s Enrico Palazzo!

Well set up and perfectly paid off.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2240 "2019-11-30T23:57:23Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.
5. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” (Caddyshack)
6. Hey!! It’s Enrico Palazzo!
7. The “Wilhelm Scream”

One of, if not the, most pervasive of Hollywood’s in-jokes. It really does need to die, but it’s highly unlikely it ever will.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2241 "2019-12-01T03:19:04Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.
5. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” (Caddyshack)
6. Hey!! It’s Enrico Palazzo!
7. The “Wilhelm Scream”
8. Blucher! [horses neigh furiously outside] (Young Frankenstein)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2242 "2019-12-01T05:06:50Z")

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Inconceivable! Best movie lines and running jokes.

1. Inconceivable!
2. “Surely you can’t be serious?” “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.” (Airplane!)
3. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (Jaws)
4. I am Groot.
5. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” (Caddyshack)
6. Hey!! It’s Enrico Palazzo!
7. The “Wilhelm Scream”
8. Blucher! [horses neigh furiously outside] (Young Frankenstein)
9. “Heeeeeere’s Merv!” (The Abyss)

Maybe my all-time favorite movie pun.

> **[Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle)**
>
> A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is an exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target. The concept is almost invariably associated with intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying thermonuclear warheads, even if not strictly being limited to them. By contrast, a unitary warhead is a single warhead on a single missile. An intermediate case is the multiple reentry vehicle (MRV) missile which carr...

> **[The Merv Griffin Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show)**
>
> The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show starring Merv Griffin. The series ran on NBC from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963, in first-run syndication from May 10, 1965 to July 4, 1969, at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972, and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
> After a short run as a daytime show on NBC from October 1962 to March 1963, Merv Griffin launched a syndicated version of his talk show produ...

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